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Page 40
... lava sheets of this period form some of the table - topped moun- tains in the Highlands of eastern Victoria . The river gravels below the lavas have been worked for gold , and land plants discovered in the workings . At Flinders the ...
... lava sheets of this period form some of the table - topped moun- tains in the Highlands of eastern Victoria . The river gravels below the lavas have been worked for gold , and land plants discovered in the workings . At Flinders the ...
Page 147
... lava blocks , of which the town is also built . It has many picturesque medieval towers and other edifices ( the Palazzo degli Alessandri is perhaps the most interesting ) , for which indeed it is one of the best towns in central Italy ...
... lava blocks , of which the town is also built . It has many picturesque medieval towers and other edifices ( the Palazzo degli Alessandri is perhaps the most interesting ) , for which indeed it is one of the best towns in central Italy ...
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... lava into such a fissure , will tend to produce a jar at the surface . For at least sixteen years before the first recorded eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 earthquakes had been frequent in the Campania and had wrought havoc in the ...
... lava into such a fissure , will tend to produce a jar at the surface . For at least sixteen years before the first recorded eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 earthquakes had been frequent in the Campania and had wrought havoc in the ...
Page 180
... lava d'acqua and lava di fango , and in South America as moya . Deluges of such mud - lava may rush violently down the moun- tain - side and spread over the neighbouring country with terribly destructive effect , whence they are greatly ...
... lava d'acqua and lava di fango , and in South America as moya . Deluges of such mud - lava may rush violently down the moun- tain - side and spread over the neighbouring country with terribly destructive effect , whence they are greatly ...
Page 181
... lava , carried on for a space of three months during which the eruption lasted , the quantity of finely pulverized material must have been enormous ; yet the amount of ejected matter was probably very much less than that extruded during ...
... lava , carried on for a space of three months during which the eruption lasted , the quantity of finely pulverized material must have been enormous ; yet the amount of ejected matter was probably very much less than that extruded during ...
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